Etymology

allophylic

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Today it means: Relating to a race or a language neither Aryan nor Semitic. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄλλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλλος“other”
  2. English todayAllophylic

Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + φυλή (phulḗ, “tribe, lineage”) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄλλος all →

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